i am not sure, but i think that the maximum amount that you can save is $80 bucks on those coming holidays... what is the point when saving only $80 bucks but taking a risk that you might end up pay couple more hundred dollars more comparing to current offer. i will personally take an offer.

If its a local dealer, go ahead. Right now, the loowest is $2910 from a unauthorized dealer.Last year, B&H had 10% off cameras and lenses for black friday or cyber Monday. It was just for a few hours. There are always Black Friday sales on cameras, but you are unlikely to save all that much.

I just got a 5d mark iii offer from canon authorized dealer for 2980, should I jump in or wait for black friday deal?

need your help, thank you

Dont think it will get any better than this, at least for sometime. I remember I missed the crazy $2700+ Adorama deal thinking I will get better prices later on (lol, yeah I know - face palm). Price of the 5D3 just went up after that, then Canon enforced the MAP on its product recently as well. Luckily for me, I jumped on the deal by Beach Camera and living happily ever after No regrets!

Ditto on the Beach Camera deal for me as well. ($2899) Even if it dropped lower than your price, it won't go very far below that for quite a while. Either buy now (with hopefully a reliable dealer) or wait until maybe next spring or summer. Good luck!

Jump. I've been watching prices for a long time and aside from those ebay deals several weeks ago, that's the best price I've seen. I grabbed mine for $2994 a couple of weeks ago when Amazon and B&H had that brief drop. I think it will be some time before it gets much below $3000 from an authorized dealer.

Canon is a Japanese company. I am not sure they understand Thanksgiving and Black Friday, other than sales go up on those days.

Canon is a global company. They employ marketing experts and advertising agencies around the world -- and in the US.

They understand Thanksgiving and Black Friday and to imply anything else is condescending and ridiculous.

Glad someone pointed that out as it was exactly what I was thinking,

As for the OP, you know what you are comfortable spending. As long as you feel it is a good deal and it is what you want then you will be happy. I can't be more precise as I have no idea of the prices in the US.